How much brain power did it take to reg porn.com? (1.Viewing)

I saw this article on TLD investors and found it interesting but the funniest part is in the comments where Rick Schwartz is roasting a domainer.


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A good read and the comments section is definitely very entertaining lol. I'm not sure who that Matt guy is but Rick REALLY laid into him.

Rick makes enough interesting comments, blog posts and tweets that we should consider having a section dedicated to him, or better yet a section dedicated to domain legends/celebrities to keep up with what they're saying.

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Yes indeed.. some hot air there for sure between the King and Matt.

This Matt guy is right about one thing, none of these early domainers were 180 IQ geniuses in any way, but they did have one special gift that really helped them:

Prescience.

A guy like Rick saw the developing domain market and somehow understood what it would turn into and made the correct call to jump in with both feet. And it wasn't an easy decision, as I remember the first domain I bought was $80 US and it put a huge hole in my wallet. In fact, I don't think I would have been able to afford two domains at the time.

To buy hundreds or even thousands of domains back then was a big financial risk compared to hand-registering the same amount today. That's one factor a lot of people don't understand, as domain registration/ownership followed the unusual pattern of becoming progressively less expensive.

Being the right age with an income certainly helped Rick & Co. but even then you needed that special vision to see what this would turn into and the potential business opportunities it would afford.

It's funny when people use age as a way to put someone down. Sure, Rick and the others got "lucky" (using the commenters own words) in the 90's. And others, like this commenter perhaps, got "lucky" buying Facebook, Amazon or Bitcoin in the 2000's and 2010's...will he accept criticisms about that from someone younger?

We can't dictate when we're born so we just have to make do with what we have and take our best shot

Do you know how a bunch of those old guys got into domaining? They were in the telecom business. Back then, people owned payphones, you install a payphone and set your fees and collect on every call - then rinse and repeat. They also bought/sold premium phone numbers, 1-800 and 1-900 numbers, like 1-800-flowers, so exactly like domains - an easy to remember shortcut to remember a phone number rather than an IP address. But with the advent of the cell phone, the days of payphones were clearly numbered. A few of those guys caught onto the fact that domains are going to be the new 1-800 numbers that can be bought/sold for a premium for the best ones. Don't quote me on it, but I seem to remember that Rick was one of those guys that came over from that business.